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    TRAGEDY OF LAST ISLAND
Btorj of the Haroo Wrought by Wind and
Wave Forty Yean Ago.
LIKENED TO THE GALVESTON CYCLONE
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The terrible cyclone that destroyed Clal
veston Island Is not the first calamity of
the kind thnt has occurred In the Mexican
Oulf, relates the St. l.ouls Olobe-Democrat
It vividly recalls an Incident that will
ever llvo In memory. Over forty years ago
there was a similar calamity In the dt
struction of Last Island, off the Louisiana
coast, by a cyclone, September 12,
Last Island was a long, low ftroak of
green, bound around the edge with a line
of Intensely whllo sand. Seen In those
days from the Louisiana mainland (fifteen
miles away, the lower end of the parish of
Lafourche), and part of the parish of St
Mary's (tho carden of Louisiana). It soemcd
but a slender bit of green floating upon
tho bosom of the summer sea. t As you
slrew nearer the land displayed Its charms.
Tho Island proper was about seven miles
wldo by about twonty-flvo long. The soil
was very rich and highly cultivated.
I'roDlnaulty brought out ns In a delicate
photograph all Its lines of radiant beauty.
Of forest, so deep and dense In the far
south, there was noue. Hut a few enormous
live oak trees had grown upon tho Island,
and, In the weird light of the Beml-tropic
moon, covered from crown to lowst bough
with a long gray moss of the latitude
they seem like great giants wrapped in
their funeral robes, waving their arms
aloft as they fled from n coming dies Irae.
Hoyond thes there were no forest trees,
as I have slid. The Island was but one
long sand spit (only a few feet above the
highest tide In'vel of the seal, covered with
ever-living green. Uut It was a very Eden
of flowers. The fallen leaves of the live
oak for centuries hAd created In their de
cay a bod of rich alluvium, which artificial
means had greatly Increased. Tho ever
warm air from the further south seas had
glveu to the shrub growth an extraordinary
richness of verdure. The orange and lemon
trees, the olive, the olenmlor (which In
Louisiana Is a tree thirty feet high), all
of the tribe of Japoulcas, and tho scented
summer flower, Jessamine yellow and cape
and hundreds of others unknown here.
made tho Island coruscant with brilliant
colored blooms. It seemed that all that
wbb rich and lovely nnd beautiful In the
vegetation of tho semi-tropics here found
Its most congcnlul home
In tho evening, when the sun went
down nnd tho warm south wind drew In
from the sea, the air would bo heavy with
wcet, but unfamiliar, flower odors. You
would bo enveloped In a very caress of
perfume, direct from tho heart of the
great white I'crslnn Jessamine. Ah, the
dreary, happy life of that wonderful Isle
In tho days of long ago! True, It was a
watering place, with a most plendld surf
bathing on the side next the open sen.
Hut It had nono of tho gurlshncss of sea
coast places of later days. It could never
haven been like Long Ilranch or Capo Mny.
To gamblers and games of tho bulf world
I-ast Island was as dlfllcult as Paradise.
It was Impossible to pass the Argus eyes
of the doyen who watched the gangway
of tho boat, as the passengers came on
board for the enchanted Isle, as for Adam
to return to Kden when It was guarded
by tho angel with the flaming sword. The
men who gathered there were not stran
gers to each other, for In Louisiana then
everybody who was anybody knew of his
oclal equal, If he was not a personal ac
quaintance, no matter In what regiou ho
lived. So hero wus a spot, not very much
known to the outer world, where could
gather, when summer days became long
and the dog star raged, tho great cotton
planting magnates of Louisiana, Missis
sippi and Alabama, or tho rich, courtly
creole sugar growers from the llayou
XAfourcho country or the Coto d'Or, on
tho Mississippi river, and their con
geners, the American sugar planters from
tho Fcllclanas and wealthy, aristocratic
Kapldes.
KalliiK nnd Drliiklnic.
Onco a yeur the very cream of the coun
tryside gentry from the Btates I have
carood, with n sprinkling of wealthy "city
men," merchants and factors from New
Orleans, a few bankers, popular clergy
men from the rich city parishes who en
Joyed good living nnd believed St. Paul
was right when he exhorted Timothy to
take a little wine for his stomach's sake
all these people, with their wives and
daughters, would congregate at Last
Island and cat of tho dlvlnest combtna
tlcnH of tho French cuisine, produced by
cordons bleus, drink sparingly generally
ot too good red wines of France for
your old-tlmo planter, especially if ho
was of croolo blood, never abused "God's
good things" take dally plunges Into tho
warm surf and thus decorously enjoy a
month of tho dolce far nlente. Never
wero men moro courtly. Never were
women lovelier. It wus tho very paradise
of gentle, graceful, courteous attention to
beautiful women. Here Cupid was en
hrlned, for who could resist the witchery
or tne pcrrumcd summer night or tho dark
eyea creoio women; An, now often was
that sweet old story told there that old
story, but ever new which Adam first
whispered amid the roses that bloomed
supernal In Kden! And sometimes, but
not often, the scene varied. Men wero
younger then and tho blood of youth ever
runs hot. A quick word on tho promenade,
a Jealous look at the ball, and early next
morning on tho sands there would bo seen
the flash and gleam of the long,
lender, trl-colored dueling sword
on tho broad, hard, white beach
or a pair of dueling pistols part
or eery gentleman's personal belongings
would bo taken from their mahogany case.
a icw passes wun tne steel and a man
would Ho prone ns his blood reddened tho
sand, run through the body, or tho sharp
crnrK or me uuonng pisiol, and a limn
white-faced body, forever still, would be
llontly carried back to the hotel. Put
this was not often. It was the gentle
Kindly, Harmless courteous life of tho
master of the monks of Thelema, whoio
sole Injunction was Fny qui voudras.
ine season or uo ai j.asi island was
one of the most charming ever known since
tho unions watering place had been es
tablished. Novcr did brave men nnd
charming womeu congregate at this charm
ing rendezvous in great numbers, or in a
fuller, finer spirit of happiness and hope
ful expectation. The season was at its
height. Not or.ly was the hotel proper
filled, but the dozen or so of cottages
itcnornlly known as "the bachelors' quar
ters" were nil occupied by as high-bred,
as gallant nnd gay a company ot gentle
men as the entire south could show. It
was agreed that a greater number of
representative Loulstana, Alabama and
Mississippi men and women had never been
gathered together at any southern water
ing place before. The season had been for
tunate In other respoct. Thus fnr none of
thoa morning rendezvous upon the sands
which have been mentioned before had oc
curred. The cool, white beach had not
known the flash of the callchemarde or the
crack of the detd'y dueling pistol that sea
son. The eouthern women particularly
hated those things, but what could they do I
Thus far had they escaped any or tnefe
horrors, and, for that, gentle hearts full
of kindly happiness and good will to all
the world, thank Ood,
tnlm llrforr (lie Storm.
The morning of September 10, 185", was
ono of almost unearthly loveliness. Tho sea
was somotlmes as smooth as translucent
glass, now as green a an emerald, then
sapphlro-hued. Us surface was covered
with a faintlsh, misty haze. Its loveliness
was supernal. The fishing boats In sight
seemed llko great whlto sea birds trail
ing their wings as they basked in the
morning sunbeams. They wero softened in
tho semi-mist, dollcutcly vaporized to an
ethereal beauty. Toward the mainland tho
forest vlslblo seemed gray and veiled In
diaphanous, nebulous vapor. Uut is was
early then, and the sun had scarcly had
time to drive away the ghoitly gray tog
(blended with that ot the sea) from the
great Lafourche marshes lying along the
nearest shore. As the sun rose higher the
sea mist vanished. Uut such a day as It
was! Tho thermometrlc measurement of
September In Louisiana Is not greatly dif
ferent In Its attitude of heat from that of
New York or Washington. This day, how
ever, thcro was such n downpour of solar
warmth that the Island was almost burn
ing. Ocntlo puffs of wind blew and rippled
the sea water and turned It Into opales
cent green. Uut the cooling sea breezes re
viving nnd refreshing all living things, did
not como. The day was uncomfortable.
Men wandered about listlessly. Politics-
It was tho great Know Nothing year, yet
talked ot In Louisiana political annals even
ceased to charm. In the air there was a
stillness as though nature were watching
and watting In silence, baleful, mysterious,
ominous. Tho sunset that evening affrighted
the timid souls. It went down In the west,
and tho sky rod as vermeil, an angy sun,
and left tho Occident blazing across the
waves as though u world was In flames.
All that night the Dago fishermen fa cur
ious, superstitious class, half Spanish -Italian
and half Creole, taking to tho wave llko
tea gulls) heard out nt sea strange sounds,
moans as though sotno supernatural being
was In awful agony. The morning of the
11th war like that ot tho previous day. To
ward night there came up a terrible thunder
storm. The thunder was as unllko that of
the northern dash of storm as a firecracker
Is to the crack and roar of a 6-Inch gun
The dweller on tho mainland nnd the Techn
and Ijxfourche planters had never before
seen such lightning. It flashed from the
zenith to the eastern and western horizon
In great broad green, purple and flamed
colored bands of electric blazo a degree In
width. And nfter each awful crash, that
almost rent the car drums there would be
a distinctly sulpherous tlngo perceptible In
the air. Toward the morning of the 12th the
thunder and lightning ceased, but the rain
continued, and the wind grow stronger from
tho southwest. The sail boats of the fright
ened fishermen could bo seen In the early
morning light flying beforo tho wind for se
cure landings In the safe streams and waters
of chcnlero ounlnada.
Thoro was to bo nt the principal hotel
that evening tho grand ball of the season,
for It was to be tho last. The band of the
French opera, houso was thero from Now
Orleans, then unequaled for Us music In
America. There were no wind instruments
except tho cornet. There were no flutes and
similar sweot sound-producers; the others
wero strings. The ball room was dlBtant
from tho main hotel perhaps 20 yards, and
was reached by a covered wav. elevated
to the level ofbotb buildings. It was built
very near tho sen, nnd set upon brick pil
lars six feet above the surface of the earth
Tho hotel was constructed In the same
fashion, so that the breezes could blow
under both edifices and produce better ven
tilation. Uroad, wide piazzas surrounded
tho ball room on three sides, upon which
doors opened, so that, after each dance, one
might take a turn in promenade on the
gallery and enjoy the coolness of the fresh
light breezo from the sea. The piazzas
wero about a 100 feet long by SO feet wide.
Around tho bull room were two rows of
chairs, and the usual dressing rooms were In
mo rear. The musicians occupied a high
dais thnt extended across tho end of the
ball room. Tho buildings were lighted with
gas. So much In the way of deicrlntlon. To.
ward noon of tho 12th tho sun uhono out
for an hour, but It was n dull, ornnge
htied orb, surrounded by a yellow, misty
hazo that chnngod constantly. As night
eamo on the sky was covered with a cloud
of the deepest blackness. There was a ro
nowal of tho vivid sheet lightning, but no
thunder. The sea was In such agitation as
the oldest present had never before seen.
Great, brilliant lights burst from the waves
as they were rolled In by the tremendous
southwest wind. Deep phosphorescent fires,
Incandescent In serpentine forms, were seen
rising from tho waves like shadowy mon
sters. And, most terrible of all, there was
distinctly audible at Intervals in the black
ness nnd gloom on unearthly moan from
tho depths of tho sea. The women became
seriously frightened, and the men realized
that nature was In ono of her most un
usual and marvelous moods. Still, no one
anticipated any real danger. There had been
great storms beforo. This was but the be
glnlng of the equinoctial blow. The ball
room was lighted. There was nothing else
to do but go to the dance. Women clothed
thomselves for tho evening's ball, aided
by deft-handed maids, but with hearts 111
at case. Other thoughts than those ot con
quests were filling their souls with dread
of what might come. Uut they would go
perhaps the gay dresses, the brilliant lights
the soft, sweet dance rnusie mtht Aril
away tho vague fears that oppressed their
UU19.
At 10 o'clock tho dance was at Its holght
Outside the storm was raging. The Intense
blackness of darkness was broken by the
constant broad flashes of lightning and
phosphorescent blazo of the sea. A terrlblo
wind blew, with torrents of slanting rain
that was as warm as newly drawn blood.
The band was playing one of Gottscbalk's
sweetest dreamy waltzes (ho was a Louis!
anian, you know), "Creole Kyes," when a
girl bcrearaed. Her white satin bottlne had
been wetted by water coming up through
the floor! Terror then beset nil. A rush
was mado for tho hotel, but tho covrH
way was gone. It had been carried off by
a tremendous wave of the raging sea
Mothers had left their little children asleep
In tho other house. How should they get
to them? It was utterly Impossible, unless
cne had wings, to pass through the toss
ing, oouing nooa or maddened sea that
rolled between. Of the horrors thnt fol
lowed no living tongue could ever tell. Uut
aDout mianigtit a strango sea moan that
became a ronr grew nearer and louder, un
in it was like 10,000 thundering Niagaras.
It was a tidal wavo 1,000 miles long, ten
miles wide and sixty feet high. And bb it
roueu resistless, hotel, ball room, all
an was swallowed up In the maw of the
pitiless sea. Men, women and little ones
were parted never again to meet until that
final day. "when tho sea shall give up Its
dead,"
Such a tragedy had nflvnr hn knnun
before In tho nation's history. Nothing was
left of the lovely isle but a few broken
brick pillars to mark where life and beauty
bnd died so awful a death. For weeks pa
trol boats along the mainland shore found
nothing but dead bodies. In one Instance
the corpse of n lady In the last putrescent
" ws itienimeci by nearly $60,000
unu oi aiamonas sne nad worn that fate
ful night. Think ot the ghastllness of It.
The only two survivors wr .
powerful negress, who blindly caught on
to a door that was floating by and was
carried in to the mainland. The other was
a tiny girl baby, not more than 18 months
old. She had been plactd upon a btllard
table, which floated, and there she was
THE OMAHA DAILY
found on the Ifourche sbore forty-eight
hours after the storm. Nearly every house
hold In southern Louisiana was In mourn
ing, for 490 adults were lost. How help
less we are when old nature looses her
awful mystic torco and turns upon man.
A C'nrd,
The manufacturers of Banner Salve have
authorized tho undersigned to guarantee It
for burns, cuts, sores, ulcers, tetter, ec
zema nnd all skin diseases. You have your
money back it it doesn't do all It claims.
Myers-Dillon Drug Co., Omahs; Villon's
Drug Store, South Omaha.
AUTHOR MAIJB A HAI'l'V HIT.
nrought Ills Novel to f'la In Ad
miicc of Ilia rir( Purpose.
One of the most popular novels of tho
day, relates the Now York Sun, had a
strango history which might have been
concldered fatal to Its success had It been
known In advance. A New York author
whose books are nlwayB suro of a certain
degree of poularlty finished all but tho last
few chapters of a novel. Try a ho might,
It was impossible for him to complete the
story satisfactorily. So he put the book
away and for two years It lay unfinished
on his desk, although the author thought ot
tho work from time to tlmo without being
ablo to get any nearer the solution of the
plot.
Finally he lost all hope of ever completing
the work and decided to end it at a point
several chapters In advance ot that at which
ho bad ceased to write. With this abrupt
and unexpected ending the novel went to a
publisher, was accepted and turned out ono
of the most popular novels this author has
ever written. One of the most praised fea
tures of the book Is Its unconventional end
ing, which Is satd to bo Just explicit enough
to satisfy everybody without going Into In
artistic detail. And tho author was at one
tlmo to discouraged about the ending of tho
book that he bad almost given up the Idea of
submitting It to any publisher.
TABLE AND KITCHEN,
Prsctlcsl Sugaestlons About Food and the
Preparations of II.
Dnlly Menne.
THI'KSDAY.
H RE A K FAST.
Toast. Fig Marmalade. Cream.
Liver nnd Uncon. Stewed Potatoes.
Hlco Waffles. Coffee.
LUNCH.
Curried Eggs. , M
Hot Potato Snlnd.
Thin Slices Jlread and Butter.
Cocoa.
DINNER.
Harloy Hroth.
Pot Roost. Drowned White Potatoes.
Stewed Carrots. framed Turnips,
lettuce and Chtcry Salnd.
Old Fashioned Dread Pudding.
Coffee.
FRIDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Cereal. Cream.
Boiled Mackerel. Sauce Tartare.
Baked Potatoes.
Johnny Cako. Coffee.
LUNCH.
Cold Boiled Lobster. Mayonnaise.
Cheeso Sandwiches.
Coooa.
DINNER.
Oyster Soup.
Broiled Smoked Salmon. Tomato Sauce.
Potato Puffs. Baked Sweet Potatoes.
Egs Salad. Mayonnaise.
Puree Souffle.
Coffee.
SATURDAY.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Cereal. Cream.
Browned Hojih. Cream Sauce.
Stuffed Potatoes.
Rolls. Coffee.
LUNCH.
Totato Chowder.
Spindled Oysters. Entire Wheat Bread
uocon.
DINNER.
Clear Sour).
Rabbit Potple. Browned Turkeys.
unKea sweet i-oinioes.
Cabbage nnd Celery Salad.
Grnpe Sponge.
Coffee.
SUNDAY.
BREAKFABT.
Rolled Rice. Stewed Dates.
Broiled Oysters nn Toast. Brown Sauce.
nam umeict. nous.
Coffee.
DINNER.
Cream of Cauliflower Soup.
Baked Rabbits, Stuffed with Chestnuts.
Celery Sauce.
Stewed Tomatoes. Buttered Turnips.
Apple ana Kut saiau.
Fruit. Coffee.
SUPPER.
Tongue Salad. Cottagp Cheque.
Baker Pears. Soft Gingerbread
Tea.
Recipe.
Bread Omelet Soak one cupful of bread
crumbs In half a cupful of milk for fifteen
minutes; then add half a teaspoonful salt
and dash of pepper. Separate four eggm;
beat both yolks and whites until very light.
Add the yolks to the crumbs and beat well
together. Then carefully fold In the
whites. Uuttcr a Bballow pudding dish
well and turn in the mixture. Bake in
tho oven until net and a deltcato brown
About ten minutes. Serve at onco In sumo
dish.
Rico Cream Soak ono cupful of cold
cooked rice In four cupfuls warm milk uu
til soft; separate four eggs and beat tho
yolks, five tablespoonfuls sugar and a pinch
ot salt. Add to the milk and rice and cook
In doublo boiler until it thickens; then
pour into custard cups. Make a meringue
ot tho whites of the eggs and eight leve
tablespoonfuls powdered sugar and heap
on top of each custard. Slip In the oven
and brown a delicate color.
Cream Coke Take six fresh eggs of unl
form size, their weight in sugar and half
their weight In flftod flour. Separate the
eggs. Beat yoixs ana sugar (ogetner un
til very, very light; then carefully fold In
the whites, which havo been beaten to a
stiff froth. Sift the flour throe times, with
a pinch of salt. Add this carefully to the
eggs and sugar. Add a teaspoonful ot
lemon Juice. Turn Into a long, shallow,
well-greased pen and bake In a quick oven
for fifteen mlrutes. As soon as cold cut iu
halves and fil with following mixture: 1
Cream Filling Put on cupful milk in ;
a farina Doner iu ccaiu. ueai tour level j
tablespoonfuls sugar with three level
tablespoonfuls cornstarch and yolks of
three egg. until light, then add to the hot
milk and stir and cook until It thickens.
Take from tire nnd add the grated rind of
half an orange and two tablospoontuU ot
the Juice. This cake may be covered with
boiled lcln and sections of oranges pressed
down Into Icing whllo soft.
Turnip Croquettes Three cupfuls
smooth, mashed turnips; season to taste
with salt, pepper, grated horseradish and
mace; add a few drops of onion Juice and a
tablespoontul ot lomon Juice. Add the
beaten yolks ot two eggs and sufficient
bread crumbs to make stiff enough to roll
Into croquettes. Dip and fry same as other
cioquottes. Garnish with lemon and pars
ley. Calcutta Salad Chop fine equal quan
tities of apple, celery; add half the
quantity ot green peas and Bhredded green
lettuco leaves. Scald until tender a few
Chill peppers and rub through a coarse
sieve; add to the other materials; sprinkle
with a few drops ot onion Juice and tarra
gon vinegar and lot stand a tew minutes
Then blend with cream mayonnaise sea'
scned with paprika. Serve In lettuce cups,
with thin narrow slices ot bread and but
ter.
Old-Fbsbloned Bread Pudding Use
any plain egg custard recipe: fill a
deep baking dish with the mixture and the
top cover closely with rather thick slices
of bread, well buttered and sprinkled with
sugar and grated nutmeg. Let stand about
ten or fifteen minutes until slices ot bread
are moistened, pushing them down under
the milk to moisten the top. Then bake In
a moderate oven until custard Is set; no
I5KE: WEDNESDAY. OCTOI5EK HI, 1000.
longer, or it will separate. Custard should '
bo like Jelly, 1
Spindled Oysters Three dozen large
oysters, three ounces at bacon cut Into
three dozen thin, small squares, and six ,
long slices ot toast. String tho oysters and
bacon squares alternately on six long, slen- i
der skew en, wood or silver; run the 1
skewer through tho hard part of the oys- j
ter. Lay the Bkewers across a baking pan, 1
but do not allow the oysters to touch the
bottom of the pan; do not place skewers
too closo together. Place In a very hot !
oven, the broiling oven, if you use n gas
range ,and cook five minutes. Serve on
tho slices of toast. Pour the JuIcob from
the pan over the toast and servo at once.
Anmvcrs to lniiiilrlrn,
Mr?. A. U. P., Detroit, Mich., writes
Will you kindly publish a recipe for plain,
mixed pickles, containing cucumbers, onions,
string beans, green tomatoes and cauli
flower? As this is my first attempt nt can
nlng and pickling I would ask for a thorough
recipe,
Mixed Pickles. Ono quart of string beans.
ono head of cauliflower, ono quart of tiny
cucumbers, ono quart of button onions, one
quart of green tomatoes, a quarter of a
pound of English mustard, half nn ounce
tumeric, two tablespoonfuls of white mus
tnrd seed, two tablespoonfuls of brown mus
tard seed, ono tabelespoonful of black pepper,
nair a gallon of vinegar, ono cupful of
sugar, one gill ot salad oil. Break the cauli
flower Into small hunches, cut the beans In
Inch pieces nnd tho tomatoes and cucumbers
In slices. Uolt the cauliflower, onions and
beans separately until tender. Cover the
cucumbers and tomatoes with strone salt
water and let stand twenty-four hours.
Then drain out all tho water from all the
vegetables. Tho tomatoes should bo scalded
In boiling wnter and then salted. Mix all
tho vegetables togothcr. Put tho vinegar In
n porcelain kettle, mix mustard and tumeric
together and moisten with a little vinegar
and stir Into tho vinegar. Stir nnd cook
until It begins to thicken, then ndd sugar,
mustard seed, pepper and oil nnd stir until
thoroughly mixed and boiling hot. Hnve the
vegetables In glass Jars, pour tho hot vine
gar over them, seal and put In cool, dry
plnco. Stand Jars In hot water while filling
to prevent breaking.
Old-Fashloncd Illce Pudding. Mrs. W. O..
St. Paul, Minn., writes: Your column Is of
great Interest to housekeepers. Many thanks
for old-fashioned rice pudding. Can It bo
right, only two tablespoonfuls ot rice to
two quarts of milk?
No; tho rcclpo should havo been printed I
two tablespoonfuls of well-washed lice to
a quart of milk. It is tho slow cooking
with the frequent stirring down of tho
crenm thnt makes it so rich and creamy.
It must not bo stiff enough to need the ad
dition of cream or sauco when nerved. This
pudding was a grent favorite In my own
homo and tho method was to set It on tho
back of tho range, where It could not pos
sibly boll, until nearly done, then fcet
In oven to brown a deep, rich color.
Thank you for calling our attention to tho
error.
Egg Plant Pllnu The same correspond
ent requests rulo for egg cutlets and one
egg muffins: Pare and cut a large egg
plant Into Inch cubes. Put Into a deep
bowl and sprinkle well with salt nnd cover
with boiling wnter and let stand for flfteon
minutes; then squeezo but all tho water;
slice two medlum-s)zcd onions and fry n
golden brown In a tablespoontul of butter.
Skim out carefully. Wlpo tho egg plant
cubes dry and turn Into the saucepan with
tho butter, add a quart of hot wnter and n
pint of good stock. Season to taste with
salt and pepper nnd bring gradually to
boiling point. Add two cupfuls of well
washed rico and simmer slowly until the
PURX FOOD 3 3
NONE BUT ADVERTISING OF
HEALTHFUL FOODS WILL BE
Some
Tea Drinkers
can tell you Just whero certain kinds of tea
comes from they get such a cultivated
taste. It's for this class ot tea drinkers
that we'ro looking now the ones who know
what the best tea tastes llko and will not
be suited with anything Inferior. We've got
a flno Young Hyson and a Formosa Oolong,
sold straight or mixed, that wo think it
onco tried will never bo abandoned.
R. E. Welch,
24th and Farnam Sts.
Phone 1511 Phone 1509
For .Meats. For Groceries.
Pure Beer
Is made of PURE HOPS AND MALT.
Thla Is why
Gettelman's $1,000 Beer
IS PURE. MANUFACTURED by the
A. GETTELMAN BREWING CO.,
OF MILWAUKEE.
A. J. SHORT, Manager Omaha
Brnnch, 624-rC Bouth 10th Street.
WHITE HOUSE
COFFEE.
A careful blend of Mocha and Java, ot
richest flavor, cn sale by
Clrland X Smith, 14th A Xlangtaa.
OMAHA.
Yourirocer
has vour
interest at heart when he
pravifcs these delicious foods!
rice nbecrbs nil the liquor and Is tender
Stand back on tho range, where it will not
burn, for twenty m'.uutes nnd then turn
Into a deep, hot dtoh. Two tablespoonfuls
of table sauce may bo added to this to
give It piquancy. Or by nddlng curry
powdor you may have curry of egg plnnt.
Ktiuiil Three t'oiiiiiln of Ilerf.
Thoso who desire n tempting and nutri
tious meal that can bo served in a second
at a cost of 1 cent a person should buy Gran
ola. It has a rich, nutty flavor. Ono-
pound packages contain as much nutrition
as three pounds of beef. It Is thoroughly
cooked nnd ready for lmmedlato use, with
tho addition of trult Juice or milk.
Headers ot this paper who will send tho
name of a grocer who does not sell Granola
to the Sanltnrlum Food Co., Bnttlo Creek.
Mich., will receive a freo Bample.
In ordering of your grocer bo Bure thnt a
picture of tho Battle Creek Sanitarium is
on each package. The genuine Granola
bears this picture.
WOOt.Mi OF A QUKEJi.
Clrrnnietnntlnl Drtnlls of Wllhel
inlna'n Proponnl to (lir lltikr.
The Dutch queen looked at the German
duke and sighed. They wore alone In tho
garden. The queen had arranged all that,
reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer,
"Duke," she said In excellent high Ger
man, "you are very nice."
"Ah, your majesty," ho replied with a
slight blush, "you flatter mo."
He used high German, too, because he had
not mastered the tongue ot the lowlands.
"It Is the truth," she Bald. "I think you
aro tho nicest man that ever came down the
Rotterdam pike."
Tho duke trembled. He felt that he was
on tho brink of a proposal.
"Your majesty." ho eald. "i pWivl o
raise tho hopes of ono ot the most un
worthy of her worshipers."
The queen caught his largo fluttering hand
In her firm little white one.
"May I call you Helnrlch?" she murmured.
"Call mo Hen If you want to." he hastily
answered.
"You know, Henry." tho fair girl softly
Bald, "that tho etiquette of tho court makes
my wishes law. Would you (cream if I
kissed you, Hcnnle?"
"I would make a heroic effort to stifle my
emotions, your majesty," tho agitated duke
replied.
Then tho fair girl changed her tone.
I "Duke," she said In serious accents, "I
navo a confession to make to you."
Tho young man drooped his closoly cropped
ueaa ana turned It bashfully away,
let his largo brown hand linger
But he
In her
whlto Inters.
"I ought to be going home," ho stam
mered. "Walt," cried the queen; "I will detain
you only till I know my fate. You must
seo that I lovo you. Will you will you bo
my owncst?"
Tho duke trembled bo violently that his
epaulets Jingled.
"Oh, Willie," ho murmured, "this Is bo
sudden!"
tier firm, white arm stole
Bword belt.
around his
"Then your answer Is yes, dearest?"
The duke looked up and saw the lovellght
In her eyes.
"I'm your'n I should uay yours, my
queen!" he ecstatically murmured.
A moment or two later tho girl queen un
hooked the garden gate.
"You may como In now, ma," she said
with a girlish gurglo, "It's all fixed."
And so, arm In arm, the happy pair drifted
down the garden and onward to the palace.
And Boy Cupid hidden by clustering vines
F.te.pel .out Rad Inu8nlngly murmured:
VSouldn t a proposal like that Jar you?"
THOROUGHLY RELIABLF. PURE AND
ACCEPTED FOR THESE COLUMNS.
Rock
Creamery
Butter
IS THE BEST.
If you wish genuine Java and
and MOCHA Coffee, we can
furnish it at 40c a pound.
CLELAND & SMITH,
CROCERS,
Phone 1019, 1403 Douglas St.
ESTABLISHED 1870.
Gladstone Bros & Co,
inconroiUTiD.
....Importer of....
Fancy Groceries,
Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
1308-1310 Douglas St.
OMAHA, NEB.
Telephone '2!i.
No Imitation Goods llnndlctl.
The
and the Lily
Illustrate the difference
between lard and
WESSON
COOKING
OIL
A PURELY VEGETABLE PRODUCT.
Animal fat may carry disease with it and be
unclean ani rery Indigestible.
Wesson' I Odorless Cooking Oil Is pure,
wtet and clean. It nerer txesmes rancid.
It goo twice at far as lard or butUrl
Wesson' i Salad Oil is far hitter ralut than
the finest olive oil and haj the stmi flavor,
A sic your friendly grocer for It,
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